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"Easy on Me" is een nummer van de Engelse zangeres Adele, dat uitgebracht werd als eerste single van haar vierde studioalbum, 30 (2021). De single werd uitgebracht op 15 oktober 2021 via Columbia Records, waarmee het de eerste release van Adele in bijna vijf jaar was. "Easy on Me" is geproduceerd door de Amerikaanse platenproducent Greg Kurstin, die het nummer ook samen met Adele schreef. De tekst van het lied, waarin thema's als nostalgie, spijt en vergeving tot uitdrukking komen, vertegenwoordigen Adele's pleidooi aan haar zoon, waarin ze haar worsteling met haar ontbonden huwelijk beschrijft en hem verzoekt vriendelijker te zijn.

Muziekcritici beoordeelden het nummer positief, met lof voor de aangrijpende teksten en emotionele zang, hoewel sommigen van mening waren dat het niet overeenkwam met de hoogten van haar vorige singles.

"Easy on Me" is a song by the English singer Adele from her fourth studio album, 30 (2021). Adele wrote the song with its producer, Greg Kurstin. Columbia Records released it as the album's lead single on 15 October 2021. It is a torch song and ballad (with elements of R&B and soul music) which places emphasis on Adele's vocals, set over progressively louder-growing piano instrumentation. In its lyrics, she addresses her divorce and pleads for forgiveness and understanding from her son, ex-husband, and herself.

"Easy on Me" received acclaim from music critics, who discussed it in relation to Adele's previous music and praised her vocals and the lyrics. At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, the song won Best Pop Solo Performance from its four nominations. It was nominated for several other awards and won the 2022 Brit Award for Song of the Year. "Easy on Me" reached number one on the charts in 30 territories, including becoming Adele's longest-running chart topper in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was the sixth-bestselling song of 2022 in the world and was certified multiplatinum in 15 countries, including Diamond in Brazil and France.

Xavier Dolan directed the music video for "Easy on Me", which was released on 15 October 2021. It references several previous Adele videos and depicts her moving out of the same house where the "Hello" (2015) music video was filmed. She performed the song at the 23rd NRJ Music Awards, on her television specials, and at the concert residency Weekends with Adele. Artists including Kanye West and the Sunday Service Choir, Chloe Bailey, and Keith Urban sang cover versions of it.